Schneider, who is ranked 62nd in the world, beat senior Williams 6-3, 6-3. What makes the situation especially poignant is the fact that Venus’ sister, 23-time major champion Serena Williams, was in the stands. But Diana’s victory still cannot be considered super sensational. Venus is now ranked 457th in the world. She entered the tournament with a wild card from the organizers. In the first tournament of the American series in Indian Wells, the American also lost in the first round and received the “flywheel” from the Japanese qualifier Nao Hibino 6:2, 3:6, 0:6.
But last week Schneider reached the decisive match of the WTA-125 tournament in Charleston. The Russian, unfortunately, lost to the world number 60 racket from Italy to Elisabetta Cocciaretto (3:6, 2:6). But still, thanks to the final, she rose 12 places in the WTA rankings and finished in 62nd place.
Diana Schneider’s next rival will be another American tennis player, Madison Keys.
But the Russians already have losses at the start of the prestigious “thousandth” in Miami. Anna Blinkova (44) lost to Chinese representative Yuan Yue (37) 4:6, 2:6.
Let us remember that the men’s Masters is also held in Miami. The fourth racket in the world, Daniil Medvedev, will have to defend last year’s title. As third seed, he will start from the second round.
